MONTREAL--March 13, 2013: --Genetec,
a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of
world-class unified IP security solutions, today announced that The
Jackson (Miss.) Police Department is using the AutoVu
License Plate Recognition (LPR) solution to help officers identify
criminals and scofflaws and increase the safety of its citizens.

“Being able to add this technology to our road interdiction
units will
not only help out our own city, but will play a significant role in
supporting other regional agencies stem the trafficking of drugs
throughout the region”

The Jackson City PD currently has several vehicles equipped with
Genetec
AutoVu mobile LPR system, located in each of the city's precincts, to
ensure there is an officer in each precinct, patrolling and utilizing
the technology to scan their area at all times. AutoVu automatically
collects vehicle license plates, runs them against a computerized
'hot
list,' and if there is a
'match,' alerts the Jackson PD officers of
issues and infractions, without interfering with their working day or
duties.

Inside each police cruiser, on a ruggedized laptop installed for
driver
use, is the AutoVu Patroller, easy-to-use software designed to
automate
the verification of vehicle license plates. On the body of each of
the
cars are 2 AutoVu SharpX IP-based LPR cameras. Specifically designed
for
mobile applications, the SharpX IP on-vehicle camera is one of the
smallest high-resolution LPR cameras in the world. It provides images
with two to three times higher resolution than most other LPR cameras
on
the market and results in extremely accurate license plate read rates
--
even in bad weather, at poor angles, and at high speeds. The
in-vehicle
Patroller application helps officers review all data collected
throughout the day while the officers back at the central PD unit can
monitor and analyze reads from the vehicles. Wirelessly, or at the
end
of a shift, all data collected is synchronized with the Jackson PD's
central system for ongoing analysis.

The Jackson PD has been running Genetec AutoVu systems since 2011.
Jackson PD's LPR-equipped cars were originally tasked with locating
motorists with multiple unpaid moving violations, but the department
soon found many other benefits and uses for the technology.

"Initially, we were looking for a way to help us to
locate people with
multiple unpaid moving violations, and to increase our odds of
catching
them. Using the NCIC and warrant hotlist, the AutoVu LPR system has
been
so successful in helping us recover all of these outstanding fines,
that
the system is paying for itself. Once we started using the LPR
system,
we soon discovered that a number of the people we had identified for
unpaid moving violations were also wanted for other crimes, which led
to
a number of arrests and convictions. Being able to take felony
offenders
off the streets of Jackson to keep our citizens safe is always a
significant accomplishment," explains Eric Wall, Deputy
Chief of Patrol
Operations at the Jackson PD.

More recently, during the holidays' "Operation Safe
Shop," the Jackson
PD was able to use their LPR-equipped vehicles to scan cars coming
into
major retail centers and apprehend wanted felons before they could
get
into the stores. "We are confident that we were able to
reduce the
amount of in-store theft, reduce the number of burglarized cars in
the
parking lots, and keep holiday shoppers safer that way,"
explains Deputy
Chief Wall.

Because it is uniquely located at the intersection of Interstate 55
(which crosses the country from North to South), and Interstate 20
(which crosses from East to West), the High Intensity Drug
Trafficking
Areas (HIDTA) Program considers Jackson a key area. A few months ago,
during a routine patrol, the AutoVu system was able to flag the car
of
wanted narcotics dealers, which led to their arrest. Based on their
successes, Jackson PD is now planning to increase the number of
vehicles
equipped with AutoVu to support their narcotics and K9 divisions.

"Being able to add this technology to our road
interdiction units will
not only help out our own city, but will play a significant role in
supporting other regional agencies stem the trafficking of drugs
throughout the region," added Deputy Chief Wall.

"We get great satisfaction in seeing how quickly the
hard-working law
enforcement officers of the Jackson, Miss. Police Department were
able
to benefit from their AutoVu LPR system. They improved the safety of
the
general public and their officers on duty, apprehended wanted
suspects
all the while realizing a solid return on their investment, by
recouping
lost revenue from delinquent motorists," said Stephan
Kaiser, General
Manager for AutoVu at Genetec.